आद्योऽवतार: पुरुष: परस्य काल: स्वभाव: सदसन्मनश्च । द्रव्यं विकारो गुण इन्द्रियाणि विराट् स्वराट् स्थास्नु चरिष्णु भूम्न: ॥ ४२ ॥
adyo ’vatarah purusah parasya kalah svabhavah sad-asan-manas ca dravyam vikaro guna indriyani virat svarat sthasnu carisnu bhumnah
- adyah
- first
- avatarah
- incarnation
- purusah
- Karanarnavasayi Visnu
- parasya
- of the Lord
- kalah
- time
- svabhavah
- space
- sat
- result
- asat
- cause
- manah
- mind
- ca
- also
- dravyam
- elements
- vikarah
- material ego
- gunah
- modes of nature
- indriyani
- senses
- virat
- the complete whole body
- svarat
- Garbhodakasayi Visnu
- sthasnu
- immovable
- carisnu
- movable
- bhumnah
- of the Supreme Lord.
Karanarnavasayi Visnu is the first incarnation of the Supreme Lord, and He is the master of eternal time, space, cause and effects, mind, the elements, the material ego, the modes of nature, the senses, the universal form of the Lord, Garbhodakasayi Visnu, and the sum total of all living beings, both moving and nonmoving.